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This popular rhetoric/reader combines a brief, accessible introduction to argument with an anthology of provocative readings on contemporary issues. Helps the reader write and understand various types of arguments, including visual as well as verbal arguments. Anthology features more than 80 selections on topics such as privacy, globalization, science and ethics, the media and the environment. General interest; Contemporary issues

Table of Contents

Preface

xxiii

PART 1 Persuading with Good Reasons: What Do We Mean by Argument?

1

(104)

Chapter 1: What to Argue About

5

(18)

A Book That Changed the World

5

(3)

Why Silent Spring Became a Classic

8

(5)

Tactics of Silent Spring

10

(2)

Analyzing Arguments: Pathos, Ethos, and Logos

12

(1)

Reading Arguments

13

(5)

Become a Critical Reader

14

(2)

Position and Proposal Arguments

16

(2)

Rachel Carson, The Obligation to Endure

18

(3)

Union of Concerned Scientists, The Impact of Global Warming in North America